poverty-stricken

Speech parts

1. poverty-stricken - Adjective

2. poverty-stricken - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

poor enough to need help from others

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Alternative names

poverty stricken

Synonyms

impoverished needy destitute indigent necessitous poor broke deprived bankrupt bust distressed penniless insolvent bereft needful
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Antonyms

rich wealthy fat loaded comfortable prosperous
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Examples

After Reconstruction ended, the South was left a poverty-stricken backwater dependent on agriculture, while white Southerners soon succeeded in re-establishing legal and political dominance over blacks through violence, intimidation and discrimination. Source: Internet

Atop that music he layered lyrics that spoke of his experiences in a poverty-stricken and often conflict-riven country, yet made sure listeners never lost sight of hope and joy. Source: Internet

Aid organizations are warning that 50 million in the poverty-stricken Sahel region could starve. Source: Internet

If it is criminal to rob a liquor store, certainly it is criminal to loot the national treasury of a poverty-stricken country. Source: Internet

He was apparently unemployed, unmarried, poverty-stricken and a recluse, although he corresponded with botanists throughout Europe. Source: Internet

It’s a trailer - the film isn’t even fully shot, and it’s not yet known if the unsettling implications of a trust fund billionaire beating poverty-stricken teens to a pulp are going to be explored. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

poverty trap poverty-reducing poverty-ridden poverty-stricken countries poverty-stricken man poverty-stricken person